Bug #5582 - sort by numerical field doesn't work properly with decimals; merged from MOODLE_16_STABLE

2006-05-25 15:57:20 +00:00
parent 1a50a1f91e
commit 4df627dfbf
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class data_field_number extends data_field_base {
        global $CFG;

        switch ($CFG->dbtype) {
-            case 'mysql':      // DECIMAL would be more accurate but only MySQL 5 supports it.
-                return 'CAST('.$fieldname.' AS SIGNED)';  
+            case 'mysql':   // string in an arithmetic operation is converted to a floating-point number
+                return '('.$fieldname.'+0.0)';  

            default:
                return 'CAST('.$fieldname.' AS REAL)';